Past participle

Colin asked:
[nq:1]Which is the correct usage of the past participle... "He has swam half a mile every day this week" OR "He has swum half a mile every day this week"[/nq]
The second one, with swum.

[nq:1]Colin asked:[/nq]
[nq:2]Which is the correct usage of the past participle... "He ... "He has swum half a mile every day this week"[/nq]
[nq:1]The second one, with swum.[/nq]
That's what I thought. Thanks for your prompt reply

Colin

[nq:1]Which is the correct usage of the past participle... "He has swam half a mile every day this week" OR "He has swum half a mile every day this week" Forget the every/each argument, this is a swam swum question

[nq:1]The perfect participle (previously 'past participle') of 'swim' is 'swum'. However, OED records too many forms for listing here. And Merriam-Webster, in its spirit of "anything goes," accepts "drink"and "farblegleeb" as acceptable forms.[/nq]
I think "farblegleeb" is much better, really: the other forms are so elitist. I often recommend "read" as an alternative, too: who do these prescri

[nq:1]Which is the correct usage of the past participle... "He has swam half a mile every day this week" OR "He has swum half a mile every day this week" Forget the every/each argument, this is a swam swum question

"Colin" asks about:
[nq:2]"He has swam half a mile every day this week" "He has swum half a mile every day this week"[/nq]
Swum.
Donna Richoux:
[nq:1]I would say "He swam half a mile every day this week" but I'm an American. ... The British are much more apt to use "have Xed" in constructions where Americans would say "Xed."[/nq]
When I see them side by side, Donna's version su

[nq:1](I'd also say "a half mile" as likely as "half a mile" but I believe that is also pondal.)[/nq]
Deja Goo counts in this newsgroup show 433 messages using "pondial" vs. 130 for "pondal". "Pondial" seems more natural to me, but maybe that's just because I'm used to it. I see that the word "pond" and the suffixes -al and -ial all derive ultimately from Latin, so etymology doesn't provide an

[nq:1]Which is the correct usage of the past participle... "He has swam half a mile every day this week" OR "He has swum half a mile every day this week"[/nq]
I use "swam" as simple past tense, e.g. "He swam a half mile", and "swum" as past participle, e.g. "He has often swum a half mile". Mike Hardy

[nq:2]Which is the correct usage of the past participle... "He ... "He has swum half a mile every day this week"[/nq]
[nq:1]I would say "He swam half a mile every day this week" but I'm an American. You're name is Colin so the odds are you aren't. The British are much more apt to use "have Xed" in constructions where Americans would say "Xed."[/nq]
But is "he has swam" considered acceptabl

[nq:1]Colin asked:[/nq]
[nq:2]Which is the correct usage of the past participle... "He ... "He has swum half a mile every day this week"[/nq]
[nq:1]The second one, with swum.[/nq]
Too late. He's three and a half miles away now.

Mark Barratt
Budapest